It's time to turn the house lights on...show's over.
"Obama takes big step ahead in Democratic race"
Guess she was out to prove him electable, after all.
Look, I like both these candidates, they both have plus and minus qualities. I will vote for either one. But I have been so tired of this race...switching the news to cooking shows instead. I needed to refresh my mind.
But now it may be safe to start paying attention again.
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a big step toward the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in North Carolina on Tuesday, and Hillary Clinton vowed to keep her struggling campaign alive after narrowly winning Indiana. [..]"
Yep, after the worst couple of weeks of his campaign, Obama won North Carolina by 14 points and Hillary Clinton scraped by with only a 2-point win in Indiana. Looks like all that gas tax pandering didn't work, and now the arithmetic is even more stacked against her.
The TV talking heads are all but declaring her dead. Tim Russert said she canceled her morning TV appearances, and people are waiting for her to finally drop out. Maybe the game changed last night after all.
During the past month or so it's been pretty clear that Hillary's only chance to really win was to hope that Obama got hit by an asteroid or something. And he was hit by several asteroids...and still he stands. That he survived the Rev. Wright asteroid was heartening. He surely has the chops to take on McCain.
Hillary may not call it off yet, but the tolling bell of the inevitable is getting louder and louder. Even though Chelsea and Bill did all the proper fake smiles and head noddery as they stood behind her while she gave her Indiana “victory” speech, you could see sadness and defeat in their faces.
Even if you count Florida and Michigan, she would have to win KY and WV by thirty points. And then Oregon, etc. All she can hope for now is for Obama to have a bimbo eruption or an illegitimate child. You never can tell, so that may be why she's off to the next primary.
In the final analysis, I think it was all for the best that Clinton put up a good fight...her attacks surely have strengthened Obama, and in many ways immunized him for November.
Because, no matter her motivations, she did provide a valuable service and helped Obama learn how to persevere in the face of relentless attacks. The attack that got my goat was from that danged James Carville. Very few play the game of politics as dirty as James Carville (well, Karl Rove). Last week the ragin' Cajun was talking about Obama and told Newsweek, "If she gave him one of her cojones, they'd both have two." Classy, eh?
And still Obama stands.
I swear they looked rattled at Fox. I watched for a little while. Rove was trying to be negative about Obama and was insisting voters wouldn't see Bush when they saw McCain or vice versa, but they all looked sort of glum to me.
I enjoyed the hell out of it.
